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J. FARMER. MACHINE FOR PRINTING 0R EMBOSSING FABRICS, 8m.

Patented Aug 13. 1889.

N. PETERS Phum-Lilhegraphnr. Washington. D. C.

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J. FAR-MER. MAGHINEFORIPRINTING 0R BMBOSSING FABRICS, m. No. 408,913. PatentedAug. 13,.1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

JAMES FARMER, OF SALFORD, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

MACHIHNE FOR PRINTING 0R EMBOSSING FABRICS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,913, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed'J'uly 10, 1888. Serial No. 279,559.. (No model.) ranaa in England July 27, 1887, No. 16,421, and in France May a, 1888, No. 190,485.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES FARMER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Printing or Embossing certain Fabrics and Materials, (patented in Great Britain, No. 10,431, dated July 27, 1887, and in France, No. 190,485, dated May 8, 1888,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machinery for printin g linoleum and other floor-cloths and textile and other fabrics and materials, such machinery being also applicable for embossing certain materials or fabrics.

The chief object of my invention is to construct a machine which will combine the advantages of the block system of printing by hand with those of the roller system of printing by machinery, but without the principal disadvantages of either systen1that is to say, by my invention fabrics or materials are printed by blocks actuated by machinery instead of by hand, as now cust0maryand the fabrics or materials are fed into or through the machine automatically and preferably continuously, whereby the tedious process of hand-printing is dispensed with, but the superior results obtained by block-printing are retained; and in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will describe the accompanying four sheets of drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon, which indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of a machine embodying my improvements for printing floor-cloths and other fabrics and materials; and Figs. 3, 4., and 5 are detail views of parts of the same.

The machine shown in these views is a single-color printing-machine.

a designates the frame of the machine; I), the roller, over which the fabric or material to be printed is fed into the machine and between the lower reciprocating table a and the upper reciprocating table d. Each of the 'tables 0 cl is mounted upon a pair of sliding blocks 0 c and d (1', respectively, and each sliding block is fitted in vertical slideways (see Figs. 3 and 4) in a frame 6, and is capable of being set or adjusted by adjustingscrews f so as to move the two tables nearer to or farther from one another, as required. The frame 6 is formed with a slide 6, which is fitted and free to be moved in horizontal slideways a in the machine-frame a by means of a crank-shaft g, which passes through vertical slots (1 (1 formed in the upper sliding blocks d d. On the crankshaft g is secured a plate cam-wheel h, with spur-teeth on its periphery, which gear into a spur-wheel c', driven by a pinionj 011v the driving-shaft j, which receives its motion by means of a pulley. (Not shown.) The upper table d has attached to its under side the type or printing-block 70, which imprints a design or pattern 011 the fabric when the crank g is turned into its lowest position, and the upper table d is thereby pressed down upon the lower table 0, as shown in Fig. 3.

Between the two tables 0 d are fitted springs Z, which are compressed when the crank g is in its lowest. position, (see Fig. 3,) but which expand and raise the upper table clear of the lower table a as the crank g approaches its highest position, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5.

After the pattern or impression has been printed on the fabric or material it passes forward over a guide-roller 4%, being drawn forward by a winding-out roller 19, the surface of which is preferably roughened or covered with card clothing. The winding-out roller 19 is driven, preferably, from a pulley g on the crank-shaft g by a crossed belt, (not shown,) which passes over a pulley p on the winding-out roller, the speed of which is so adjusted in relation to the rate of movement of the reciprocating tables as to cause the fabric or material to be traversed continuously through the machine at the exact speed necessary to insure the pattern or design being printed on it in correct register.

Instead of the crank-shaft g, any suitable equivalent may be employed to operate the reciprocating tables, and any suitable means may be employed for applying ink or color to the type or printing-block. The drawings show a convenient arrangement consisting of a color-box g, on which is placed a colordoctor (1 and a gathering-roller 1', which receives rotatory motion by means of a pulley "I" and band (not shown) from a pulley r fixed on the crank-shaft g. The color collected by the roller '7" is laid by it upon a second revolving roller 8, which is driven by a gears from a gear 0" on the axis of the roller r, and the rollers applies the film of color to the first of a series of three ordinary furnishing-rollers H31 which are seen best in the detail view Fig. l. These three rollers are supported at each end in a slide or block 21, which is fitted in horizontal slideways in the frame a. The ends of each slide it are'connected by chains or equivalents a and 13, respectively, to opposite ends of two levers c, which are fulcrumed one near each end of a shaft r, on which is also fixed adjustably a short lever w. The lever is connected by a link 10 to one end of a lever U72, fulcrumed 011 the framing at 10 and the other end of the lever carries a roller which works in the cam-groove h in the wheel 71 On referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that as the wheel h revolves in the direction of the arrow the roller travels for rather more than half a revolution of the wheel 7b in that portion of the cam-groove h which is concentric to the wheel 71, and consequently no motion is transmitted to the series of levers and the slides 11, and during this halfrevolution of the wheel the crank g depresses the sliding blocks (1' cl and forces the upper table (1 down and prints the fabric or material on the lower table By the time that the roller on the lever 10 has left the concentric portion of the cam-groove h the crank Q will have left the upper table (I sufficiently to allow the springs Z to raise the latter into the position shown in Fig. 4, and then as the eccentric portion of the cam-groove h moves the roller away from the center of the wheel 71/0116 lever 10 is turned 011 its fulcrum w", and by the link in and lever w turns the shaft c partly round in one direction, whereby the front ends of the levers v are depressed and the chains to draw the slides a with the furnishing-rollers t t t between the two tables 0 (Z along the slideways to the front of the machine. As the wheel it continues its revolution the cam-groove h draws back the roller toward the center, thereby rocking the lever in in the reverse direction, raising the front and depressing the back ends of the levers r, and by the chains a drawing the slides a with the furnishing-rollers 25 f back to the posi tion shown in Fig. l. The middle roller t is set rather higher than the other two rollers t f-, and it has a pinion t fixed on its axis,which, during its passage both backward and forward, as described, gears into a rack 15 on the upper table (I, so that the roller t revolves in contact with the type or printing-block 7c and thoroughly inks or applies color to it.

I have specified three furnishing-rollers as being the number I propose to employ; but one would answer my purpose, and instead of the cam-groove h and the connections herein shown and described any suitable arrangement of mechanism for traversing the furnishing roller or rollers and supplying it or them with ink or color might be employed.

The fabric or material may be printed with several colors in succession in the same machine by employing a corresponding number of reciprocating tables and additional colorboxes and furnishing-rollers.

In practice more than one printing-head is usually employed. I have shown one head only in order to make the drawing more distinct.

The machine could be employed for embossing purposes either with or-without the ink or color furnishing apparatus, and when employing the machine for embossing pur' poses care must be taken that the materials are in such a condition or of such a consistency that they will receive and retain theimpression of the block or type, which may be employed either with or without color.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a machine for printing or embossing textile or other fabrics or materials, the combination,with a reciprocating carriage, tables carried by said carriage, one of which reciprocates vertically above the other, a printing-block supported by the upper or vertical table, and a cranked shaft journaled transversely of the machine and connected with the upper table, whereby as said shaft is rotated a compound reciprocating motion is imparted to said tables, as herein set forth.

2. In a machine for printing or embossing textile or other fabrics or materials, the combination, with a reciprocating carriage, tables carried by said carriage, one of which reciprocates vertically above the other, a printing-block supported by the upper or vertical table, a crank-shaft journaled transversely of the machine and connected with the upper table, inking-rolls, and means for connecting them with said shaft, a spur-wheel fixed on the latter and having a cam-groove in its face, an angle-lever fulcrnmed centrally on the frame of the machine, and carrying at one end a roller that travels in the cam-groove, and connected at its other end with a shaft journaled transversely beneath the bed of the machine, as and for the purpose specified.

' 3. In a machine for printing or embossing textile and other fabrics or materials, the combination,with a reciprocatingcarriage, tables carried by said carriage, one of which reciprocates vertically above the other, a printing-block supported by the upper or vertical table, a spur-wheel having a cam-groove in its face fixed on said shaft, an angle-lever centrally fulcrumed on the frame of the machine and carrying a roller traveling in said groove, and a shaft journaled transversely beneath the frame of the machine, of a twoarmed lever centrally fulcrumed onsaid shaft, ence of two Witnesses, this 19th day of June, lever and. link connections between said le- 1888.

ver and the angle-lever, and flexible connec- JAMES FARMER. tions between said lever and a series of re- Witnesses: 5 ciprocable color-distributing rollers, substan- FREDERICK CRYER,

tially as and for the purpose herein set forth. Windsor Road, Newton Heath.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as JEAN SPENLE, my inventionI have signed my name, in pres- 3 The Crescent, Salford. 

